Dream of the Open Channel

"The dream is to find the open channel." --- Richard Feynman
A blog using the scientific search for intelligent life on other worlds as a mental lens to ask every sort of interesting question.

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Friday, October 26, 2012

Speculation - Hot Jupiters as Expended Batteries

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Hot Jupiters are large planets – about the size of Jupiter or larger - that orbit very close to their star.  They comprise the upper lef...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Homework from Professor Shostak

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Seth Shostak may be right about UFOs,or he could be wildly wrong, but it is difficult to ignore his critiques of the the notion that UFOs...
Friday, October 19, 2012

Did the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Get It Right?

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The late, great DNA More than 30 years ago, Douglas Adams wrote his famous Hitchhiker's Guide novels around the idea that...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Doubt is a Core Value

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It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress and great value of a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, the great p...
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Friday, September 21, 2012

What Life on Mars Could Mean

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I am optimistic that some time in the coming 30 years we will discover strong evidence that life once existed on Mars, or even exists no...
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